Stories and Poems

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITHOUT HIM? By Frances Ridley Havergal   I could not do without Him! Jesus is more to me Than all the richest, fairest gifts Of earth could ever be. But the more I find Him precious— And the more I find Him true— The more I long for you to find What He can be to you.   You need not do without Him, For He is passing by, He is waiting to be gracious, Only waiting for your cry; He is waiting to receive you— To make you all His own! Why will you do...

JAMES COVEY by Rev. John Griffin MR. PRATT relates an affecting anecdote of a sailor on board the ship Venerable, in the action off Camperdown. He received the account from Dr. Duncan, who assisted in binding up the wounds and amputating the limbs of the unfortunate sufferers. A mariner, says the doctor, of the name of Covey, was brought down to the surgery, deprived of both his legs; and it was necessary, some hours after, to amputate still higher. "I suppose," said Covey, with an oath, "these scissors will finish the business of the ball, master mate." "Indeed, my brave...

 THE MISSIONARY'S FATHER A LETTER FROM REV. WILLIAM GOODELL  CONSTANTINOPLE, August 18, 1843. MY DEAR BROTHER-The intelligence contained in your letter was not unexpected. Our father had attained to a great age, lacking only five days of being eighty-six years old. He was full of days, but more full of faith and of the Holy Ghost. How long he had "borne the image of the earthly" before he was renewed in the spirit of his mind, I know not; but I know he had long borne "the image of the heavenly." Though I can look back some forty-five years or...

 THE FIRST VOYAGE  A LETTER ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG FRIEND ABOUT TO EMBARK AS A SAILOR ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE By Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet HARTFORD, CONN. MY DEAR YOUNG FRIEND-Will you permit one who has long felt a deep interest in your welfare to say a few things to you in the way of friendly counsel, as you are about embarking in your new and arduous enterprise? I write from the heart, and I pray God that he would add his blessing to what I affectionately address to your consideration. Look ahead. Should you persevere in leading a seafaring life,...

 THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE by John W. Cunningham. After remaining a close prisoner for some months in a bookseller's shop, I was liberated, and taken to the country to be a companion to a young gentleman who had lately become major. The moment I entered the parlor where he sat, he rose up and took me in his hands, expressing his surprise at the elegance of my dress, which was scarlet, embroidered with gold. The whole family seemed greatly pleased with my appearance; but they would not permit me to say one word. After their curiosity was satisfied they...